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Biography
Todd Buchanan (born March 1, 1967) is an American college basketball coach and former head coach of the Houston Cougars women's basketball team. He was the sixth head coach of the Houston Cougars, and officially began in that position on April 20, 2010, resigning on December 21,2013 Prior to his appointment with Houston, he served as the head coach of Houston Baptist, where he transitioned the team from the NAIA to Division I of the NCAA. In his first season as head coach at Houston, Buchanan achieved the second best season record in the program's history, and the best ever as a first year coach for the program.
From 2000 through 2005, Buchanan served as an associate head coach for Houston under coach Joe Curl.
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montevallo Falcons (Gulf South) (1996–1998) | |||||||||
| 1996–97 | Montevallo | 12–17 | 5–10 | ||||||
| 1997–98 | Montevallo | 7–19 | 3–12 | ||||||
| Montevallo: | 19–36 | 8–22 | |||||||
| Houston Baptist Huskies (RRAC) (2005–2007) | |||||||||
| 2005–06 | Houston Baptist | 28–4 | 20–0 | 1st | NAIA Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 2006–07 | Houston Baptist | 27–7 | 15–3 | 2nd | NAIA Elite Eight | ||||
| Houston Baptist Huskies (Independent) (2007–2008) | |||||||||
| 2007–08 | Houston Baptist | 14–11 | — | — | |||||
| Houston Baptist Huskies (Great West) (2008–2010) | |||||||||
| 2008–09 | Houston Baptist | 8–21 | — | — | |||||
| 2009–10 | Houston Baptist | 3–25 | 1–11 | 7th | |||||
| Houston Baptist: | 80–68 | 36–14 | |||||||
| Houston Cougars (C-USA) (2010–2013) | |||||||||
| 2010–11 | Houston | 26–6 | 16–0 | 1st | NCAA First round | ||||
| 2011–12 | Houston | 3–26 | 2–14 | 12th | |||||
| 2012–13 | Houston | 13–17 | 7–9 | 9th | |||||
| Houston Cougars (The American) (2013–present) | |||||||||
| 2013–14 | Houston | 4–7 | |||||||
| Houston: | 46–56 | 25–23 | |||||||
| Total: | 145–160 | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||